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Corvallis Science & Nature: Hoe-Down, Cookout, Trout Talk and More
August is moving along, and as the OSU school year approaches, the science and nature calendar around Corvallis is starting to ramp back up. Summer’s not quite done with us yet, but the mild weather around town this week might have a few of us thinking of Fall a bit early. This week’s events include…
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Chatbots in science: What can ChatGPT do for you?
Milton Pividori has explored how best to use AI chatbots to improve science.Credit: Kerkhoff Photography & Design ChatGPT stunned the world on its launch in November 2022. Powered by a large language model (LLM) and trained on much of the text published on the Internet, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, created by OpenAI in San…
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The rise of teamwork and career prospects in academic science
The rise in team size in academic science has generated an unintended side effect: junior scientists are less likely to secure research funding or obtain tenure and are more likely to leave academia. Download PDF Career prospects for young people pursuing a career in academic science are increasingly grim1,2,3,4,5. Tenure-track positions have stagnated relative to…
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Low ethnic diversity among university applicants in marine and environmental science in the United Kingdom
Abstract The planet faces a triple crisis from climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Like any country, the UK needs to attract the best available talent to become thought leaders to overcome these global challenges. Several Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths subjects in the UK face challenges with attracting ethnic minority students. As part of…
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Stock markets, corporate climate pledges, and the Science-Based Target Initiative
Abstract Climate advocates and finance industry titans suggest firms’ climate policies have economic payoffs. We examine whether stock markets reward firms that have joined the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a voluntary climate program that verifies firms’ emission reduction pledges. Our analysis of S&P 500 companies’ quarterly stock prices for 2010–2023 finds little evidence that SBTi…
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Evidence-based social science: why, what, and future implications
Abstract Mankind has always relied on “practical wisdom” in the sense of Aristotle to change people and society. However, practical wisdom is difficult to accumulate and pass on from generation to generation. Therefore, although “natural engineering” that is consistent with “natural technology” can be used effectively to transform the natural world, using “practical wisdom” to…
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BBC’s Net Zero and Nature Positive Goals Approved by Science-Based Targets Initiative, Committing to 90% Emission Reduction by 2050
Listen to this story: 90% Emissions Reduction by 2050: BBC commits to slashing all emissions by 90% by 2050, verified by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Halving Emissions by 2030: Near-Term Targets set to halve scope 1 and 2 emissions by 46.2% by 2030. Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy: BBC’s plan encompasses Net Zero, Nature Positive, and…
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Long COVID science, research and policy
Abstract Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health effects caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex, multisystem disorder that can affect nearly every organ system and can be severely disabling. The cumulative global incidence of long COVID is around 400 million individuals, which is estimated to have an annual economic impact…
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Tsung-Dao Lee obituary: boundary-breaking physicist who won Nobel prize at just 30
Credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock Outside the Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing stands a 5-metre-high metal sculpture. The round, swirling shape of ‘The Tao of All Matter’ invokes the yin and yang of ancient Chinese philosophy — a representation of the inseparable opposites said to form the basis of all things — as well as the…
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Corvallis Science & Nature: Concert, Garden Webinar, Landfill Meeting
As is always the case in our little college town, it’s been a slow summer. Whether you celebrate the quiet of summer or miss the vitality of the OSU community—or a little of both—the turn of July into August means the beginning of the end of that part of our year. One upside is that,…